My house is cluttered. Some of the clutter is mine. Some of it is hers. Much of it can’t be pinned exclusively on either of us.
So what? Aren’t there more important things in the world to worry about?
Of course. And if clutter were cost-free, it wouldn’t be worth talking about.
But clutter isn’t cost-free. It has a financial cost. It costs us in the lost opportunities to use our living spaces for good things. And to some degree, it costs our relationships too. These are some of the things I’m going to be talking about this Sunday as I begin a series on the spiritual implications of clutter.
At the risk of giving away some of my best material, I want to point you to a great series of wonderfully-written articles on clutter by the always excellent Merlin Mann at 43 Folders. If you start with Clutter War II: The Attack of the Giant Baby, you’ll get a taste of his funny, spot-on writing, and you’ll find a series of links to all his wisdom on clutter.
PS - Merlin Mann mentions a book called It’s All Too Much, by Peter Walsh. I bought it a few months ago and read the first few chapters…and then it disappeared among the clutter in our house until just this past Tuesday! Glad to have it back, just in time.
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1 David Osborn // Sep 8, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Good information. I am checking it out.
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